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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Lemongrass Chicken Chapati Wraps

I have been thinking to make a lot of wraps lately. Instead of making tortilla this time, i use chapati as a wrap. Roti chapati is normally eaten with curry meat or vegetables but as long as it can be rolled, i thought why not make some wraps with it. I used Elin's homemade chapati recipe but instead of atta flour , which is the ideal flour for making chapatis, i used wholemeal flour and a little bit of plain flour as i did not have atta flour on hand and i also pan fried some lemongrass chicken and made a simple pineapple guacamole as fillings for the wrap. I really enjoyed eating these chapati wraps. Though these chapatis are not as soft as i get from outside, i'm still happy with these. Well elin, we are not professional chapati makers and we are also unsure how soft is soft the dough should be. Agree with what elin says, ' practice, practice' and experiment. Thanks ma'am!

Method:
1.Mix the flour and the salt together and warm the milk. Slowly pour in the milk, add the yogurt and oil to the flour mixture and mix well using hands to form a soft dough. Knead the dough for 5 mins till smooth and rest for 30 mins.
2. Divide the dough into 5 pieces, shape each piece into a round ball, flatten it and roll it out to form a disk.
3.Warm the non stick pan or a flat pan and cook the chapati till it blisters and puffs up. approximately 1 mins on each side. Remove from pan.

Assemble and wrap: Spread some guacamole on the chapati, put in the cooked lemongrass chicken, add some salad leaves and slowly roll up the chapati. Tuck the fillings in as it's being rolled. . Cut into pieces.

Hey...yours looks softer than mine since you can wrap it up. But adding hot milk to it instead of using warm water will give a softer chapati :) I tried and got a better result than the first one considering this is healthy chapati without ghee. I will try till I get it right :))) And I noticed that after keeping the dough overnight in air tight container in fridge , the chapati is softer...surprisingly.

I actually cooked lemongrass chicken just this week and loved the taste. I like your twist on the wraps by using chapati as the wrap and guacamole as part of the filling with lemongrass chicken. Can I say it is Indian+Thai+Mexican cuisine? ;p

Hi Lena, I have eaten chapati before, but never this lemon grass one. Looks real good too.Looks very filling too....you sure one very creative lady.....I think I should be able to polish off 5 pieces, ha ha.Have a nice weekend.Lee.

YUM! Looks so delicious & I love the chicken filling with guacamole too! What a great idea! I've never make chapathi before but I'll certainly try this recipe. Thanks for sharing . have a lovely weekend! :)

jessie: that's normal.haha.i also bookmarked some of recipes long long time ago but havent made it yet. I would love to see your naan!

pineappleman: yes, lemongrass has a very distinctive and aromatic flavour that i love too!

kenny: There are so much new food to try in kl, i'm not surprised that you hvnt eaten chapati for a long time. Do you like indian food btw?

jen: thanks, i think the ones that i got from stalls are softer compared to mine but i still enjoyed eating these. If i have the chance, i would like to ask them what they put to make their chapatis so soft..

Cheah: thanks cheah, i was just thinking since it can be rolled, i made them into wraps for breakfast.

elpinki: thank you!

lazaro: thanks! iT's quite common to cook chicken with lemongrass and turmeric, it's very aromatic if you love them.

gloria: thanks so much, you are always so nice!

jeannie: you're right but you knowlah, we always like to try out new things at home, thanks a lot for your nice comments!

mary: thank you! That's very encouraging!

bee2: thanks! now that you mentioned about chicken cheese tortilla, i also feel like eating one!!